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SvennoJ on 30 November 2024
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Main points on November 30th

  • Rescue workers say an Israeli air attack on the al-Araj family home in Jabalia’s Tall az-Zaatar neighbourhood has killed at least 40 Palestinians.
  • The latest killings came as Al Jazeera Arabic reported that Israeli attacks have killed at least 100 Palestinians in Gaza since dawn on Saturday. These include three aid workers from World Central Kitchen and a staff member from Save the Children.
  • Khalil al-Daqran, spokesman for the Al Aqsa Hospital in Deir el-Balah, appealed for global intervention, saying famine has spread to all of the Gaza Strip.
  • A Hamas delegation has arrived in Cairo to discuss proposals for a ceasefire and a prisoner swap in Gaza, as families of Israeli captives marched in Tel Aviv, calling for a deal to secure their relatives’s release.
  • In Lebanon, people gathered for a vigil in southern Beirut at the scene where Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli air strike, as the ceasefire with Israel held for a fifth day.
  • Pro-Palestine marches took place around the world, including in Rome and London, to mark the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.




The US still trying to rewrite recent history

White House says war could end tomorrow if Hamas releases captives

The White House has issued a statement saying it has been in touch with the family of Edan Alexander, an Israeli-American captive, after he appeared in an undated video released by Hamas on Saturday.

“The hostage video released today of American-Israeli citizen is a cruel reminder of Hamas’s terror against citizens of multiple countries, including our own,” White House National Security Council Spokesperson Sean Savett said in a statement.

“The war in Gaza would stop tomorrow and the suffering of Gazans would end immediately — and would have ended months ago — if Hamas agreed to release the hostages,” Savett said

He added that a “deal is on the table now”, as a Hamas delegation arrived in Cairo to discuss proposals for a ceasefire and an exchange of prisoners.

“On behalf of the Alexanders and all the families of the hostages still being held by Hamas, we will never cease in our efforts to secure their immediate release,” Savett said.

Hamas accepted back in May already, it's Netanyahu that doesn't want an end to the war. The suffering won't end if Hamas releases the hostages today, Israel will simply continue with occupation, starvation and ethnic cleansing. Best Hamas can do is draw out the release of prisoners to get the longest temporary sort of ceasefire and some aid brought in.

On the other hand, since the hostages clearly have lost all their leverage long ago, and are simply a convenient excuse to bomb more, it would be in Hamas' best interest to release them. They're a liability rather than a negotiation card.

Of course without a ceasefire it would be impossible to locate and get them out. Which is exactly what Netanyahu is banking on, keep the war going, more 'pressure' to get the hostages released. Yet more 'pressure' just means no way to locate and release hostages.